Author: Mike Haag

INDIANAPOLIS – Photos from the 107th running of the Indianapolis 500 by Gainbridge on Sunday at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. All photos are provided courtesy of Michael C. Johnson. Click on the photo below and then click the arrows to scroll through the photos.

By Holly Cain NASCAR Wire Service TALLADEGA, Ala. – Veteran Denny Hamlin earned the first Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway Busch Light Pole Award of his celebrated 18-year career Saturday morning, besting the field by a slight .032-seconds to take the coveted starting position in Sunday’s GEICO 500 (4 p.m. ET, FOX, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). Hamlin’s No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota ran a lap of 180.751 mph (52.979 seconds) around the 2.66-mile speedway to claim the top starting position – his 37th career pole. Aric Almirola will start his No. 10 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford alongside him – marking the…

By Mike Haag FORT WORTH, Texas – Pato O’Ward’s bid to win a second NTT IndyCar Series race at Texas Motor Speedway fell a little short on Sunday. The 23-year-old Mexican driver and former resident of San Antonio had the dominant car at the NTT IndyCar Series PPG 375 race, but he saw the victory slip away when a late caution was issued that ended the race and gave Josef Newgarden the victory. O’Ward in the No. 5 Arrow McLaren and Newgarden in his No. 2 PPG Team Penske Chevrolet were locked in a side-by-side battle and were inches apart…

AUSTIN, Texas – Photos from the NASCAR Cup Series EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix on Sunday at Circuit of the Americas. All photos are provided courtesy of Michael C. Johnson. Click on the photo below and then click the arrows to scroll through the photos.

AUSTIN, Texas – Photos from the NASCAR Xfinity Series Pit Boss 250 race on Saturday at Circuit of the Americas. All photos are provided courtesy of Michael C. Johnson. Click on the photo below and then click the arrows to scroll through the photos.

AUSTIN, Texas – Photos from the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series XPEL 225 race on Saturday at Circuit of the Americas. All photos are provided courtesy of Michael C. Johnson. Click on the photo below and then click the arrows to scroll through the photos.

AUSTIN, Texas — Seven-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson will scratch off one of his “bucket-list” items when he competes Sunday in the NASCAR Cup Series’ EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas. Johnson will drive the No. 84 Club Windham Chevrolet when NASCAR waves the green flag to start the race at 2:30 p.m. It will be his second start of a 10-race part-time 2023 schedule this season. “COTA has been on my racing ‘bucket list’ for a very long time,” Johnson said. “But my timing was off by a year or so. I was hoping…

AUSTIN, Texas – Photos from Friday’s racing action at Circuit of the Americas. All photos are provided courtesy of Michael C. Johnson. Click on the photo below and then click the arrows to scroll through the photos.

AUSTIN, Texas – NASCAR Cup Series driver Ross Chastain took his famous watermelon celebration to a whole new level when he tossed several watermelons from atop of the iconic 251-foot observation tower on Friday at Circuit of the Americas. The Trackhouse Racing driver is hoping to smash a few watermelons again on Sunday when he competes in the NASCAR Cup Series EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix. “That was a cool moment,” Chastain said. “This sport is so cyclical into every week we move on. Every week there’s a new winner and 30 something losers. For the track and NASCAR to…

AUSTIN, Texas – There’s no doubt Ross Chastain was a smashing success on the NASCAR Cup Series circuit in 2022. After winning his first career victory in his No. 1 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet at the Circuit of the Americas in 2022, most fans will remember his famous Watermelon Smash in Victory Lane after winning the race. On Friday at COTA, Chastain will return to the site and will take his victory Watermelon Smash to another level. Rather than smashing a melon from atop his car like he does after his victories, he will go to new heights with his…